# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=124 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 125 --- ## [Artemis II Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-ii-question/1028955)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-ii-question/1028955 "2026-04-09T04:17:07Z")
How large is the “capsule” in which the 4 astronauts are calling home for 10 days? Enough to move around? --- ## [How do you feel about people who walk around and hangout throughout various stores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-people-who-walk-around-and-hangout-throughout-various-stores/1029126 "2026-04-09T04:00:10Z")
Even though I shop at various stores, I’ve noticed that younger people, especially high schoolers and college students, enjoy hanging out at Target, malls, outlets, etc. since I always notice groups of them walking aroun… --- ## [In appreciation of Greenwich Mean Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-greenwich-mean-time/1028249)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-appreciation-of-greenwich-mean-time/1028249 "2026-04-08T23:47:58Z")
Greenwich, England, is a bit East down the River Thames from London proper. Wisely averting a world conflict over meridians, an astronomer chose Greenwich to be the zero-hour meridian, and thus 24 of them around the elli… --- ## [OK-how do I reduce or eliminate nasal drip when exerting myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-reduce-or-eliminate-nasal-drip-when-exerting-myself/1029108)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-do-i-reduce-or-eliminate-nasal-drip-when-exerting-myself/1029108 "2026-04-08T22:52:39Z")
In a recent poll of mine I was about the only person to choose “Like an unending torrent!” in response to how much one’s nose runs in the cold. If I am shoveling snow after awhile it gets all encrusted and such if I don… --- ## [How good are the results from a knife sharpener like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-results-from-a-knife-sharpener-like-this/1029097)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-the-results-from-a-knife-sharpener-like-this/1029097 "2026-04-08T22:15:01Z")
I am looking for a knife sharpener for home use that controls the angle of the abrasive surface to the blade. I have a honing ceramic stone but you have to eyeball the angle and have to have a fair amount of skill to get… --- ## [Actor id in Cinderella (1965)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011 "2026-04-08T22:11:12Z")
The Prince Is Giving a Ball. You can see the kid at 0:28 and 1:22, credited as “Butch Sherwood,” his only acting credit, and I can find no further info on him. However, with some ferreting I came across this pic, and t… --- ## [On which day in history was/will be the most champagne drunk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-day-in-history-was-will-be-the-most-champagne-drunk/1028622)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-day-in-history-was-will-be-the-most-champagne-drunk/1028622 "2026-04-08T21:06:41Z")
I keep on reading references to a champagne bottle some Doper keeps with Vorfreude\* to be drunk at a special event. This event seems to often involve a certain person, but champagne is also drunk at anniversaries, weddin… --- ## [What’s your utility curve? How much money would change your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-utility-curve-how-much-money-would-change-your-life/1028432)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-utility-curve-how-much-money-would-change-your-life/1028432 "2026-04-08T20:56:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Do you take one box or two boxes?: Particularly to this bit about utility curves: Would a thousand dollars meaningfully change your life? Would a million? Would your assessment vary if i… --- ## [(Artemis related) flatearthers -\> moon also flat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-related-flatearthers-moon-also-flat/1029026 "2026-04-08T20:17:16Z")
I am just wondering … do flatearthers believe that just the earth is flat or are all other planets/moons/suns flat as well for them? … --- ## [Henry Ford and racist auto plaques??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-and-racist-auto-plaques/207192)
**Author:** [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-and-racist-auto-plaques/207192 "2026-04-08T20:08:13Z")
Over the weekend, I was in a discussion… At one point, someone said that Henry Ford put a plaque in his early cars, saying something like “No blacks, no dogs, no Jews.” Being a good Doper, I immediately asked for a cit… --- ## [Help me with bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285 "2026-04-08T19:20:07Z")
Apparently quality of bacon differs dramatically with brand. I’ve bought two different brands the most affordable bacon from the grocery store and they were horrible. They were big slabs of fat with only tiny stripes o… --- ## [Surprising musical moments on a usually non-musical television show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026 "2026-04-08T18:56:14Z")
Others can bring up special musical episodes of usually non-musical shows, but my example goes back a bit further: Billy Mumy and Marta Kristen singing “Sloop John B” on an episode of “Lost In Space”: Billy Mumy & Mart… --- ## [Singer ID of Old Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096 "2026-04-08T18:43:17Z")
When I was a kid, my sisters and I would listen to my mom’s 45s on her old record player. A record player my dad gave her for Christmas when they were dating. My mom was a teenager in the 50s, so when we were listening t… --- ## [Ahhh. WD-40. You smell so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-wd-40-you-smell-so/1029071 "2026-04-08T18:38:41Z")
Can even describe it. I can smell it and I’m not even there. :thinking: Hmmm Daughter washed boys jeans. One of them had gotten WD-40 on himself. She says the whole load smells like it. Should she dry them in the dryer… --- ## [Packed food in suitcase on plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packed-food-in-suitcase-on-plane/1029111)
**Author:** [@Lushka1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lushka1953)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packed-food-in-suitcase-on-plane/1029111 "2026-04-08T17:17:02Z")
I’m traveling by plane to visit family and want to bring their favorite dish (Greek spanakopita). It would be frozen and packed in my suitcase. Is this acceptable by airlines? --- ## [Do you shop at TJ Maxx, Burlington, Marshall's, Gabe's, Ross Dress For Less, Goodwill, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-shop-at-tj-maxx-burlington-marshalls-gabes-ross-dress-for-less-goodwill-etc/1028943 "2026-04-08T17:02:37Z")
IMO, I wish more people shopped at these stores more often, since I’ve noticed that a majority of their items are cheaper, when compared to Walmart and Target, especially for clothing, home goods, and personal care produ… --- ## [Maybe you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-and-me-were-never-meant-to-be-just-maybe-think-of-me-once-in-a-while/1029066 "2026-04-08T16:41:23Z")
“To this day, no Cincinnati broadcaster has used the WKRP call letters for a real radio station, but that is about to change after a low-power Raleigh, North Carolina station put the famous letters on sale and someone in… --- ## [Fantastic Four: First Steps seen it thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290 "2026-04-08T16:41:09Z")
Just got back from watching this. It was good and entertaining but nothing mind blowing. The setting does a lot for the movie, I think without it this would have felt a lot more generic and forgettable. Everyone did a go… --- ## [Why is Michael Avenatti Doing All This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-michael-avenatti-doing-all-this/813876 "2026-04-08T16:40:38Z")
Stormey Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti might be the most famous lawyer in the world right now for actually being a lawyer, rather than being a head of government or a criminal suspect. Today Avenatti is apparently the… --- ## [Swordfish movie body question, but more science then movie related. Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swordfish-movie-body-question-but-more-science-then-movie-related-spoilers/1029120)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swordfish-movie-body-question-but-more-science-then-movie-related-spoilers/1029120 "2026-04-08T16:32:34Z")
I was watching Swordfish (2001) last night. At the end Travolta escapes by providing a body double to fake his death. They mention that the dental records matched and the body was partially burned. But the hacker had spo… --- ## [Do you like the flavor of licorice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071 "2026-04-08T16:25:20Z")
Real licorice, not Twizzlers. The anise flavor that is the is the hallmark of absinthe, ouzo, and the much maligned Malort. poll My hypothesis is that most have strong opinions on the flavor. --- ## [Henry Ford: Bad or Good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-ford-bad-or-good/558350 "2026-04-08T16:11:48Z")
In reading about Henry Ford (the man who put America on wheels), I find much to admire about the man: -he was a humble machinist, but built the Ford Motor Co. into a globe-spanning giant -his adoption of the production… --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 3, the Sweet Sixteen. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061 "2026-04-08T14:55:19Z")
This is Round Three of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 8 head-to-head battles. Polls … --- ## [Military not following illegal orders-How reliable is that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-not-following-illegal-orders-how-reliable-is-that/1019407)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-not-following-illegal-orders-how-reliable-is-that/1019407 "2026-04-08T13:42:54Z")
It has been said over and over again as a reassurance against the Prez gaining too much power, but how reassuring is that statement. I know that it was brought up a couple of times when I was in the USAF, but the actual… --- ## [Forget planes on treadmills, here's a sail-cart out-sailing the wind!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-planes-on-treadmills-heres-a-sail-cart-out-sailing-the-wind/559778 "2026-04-08T13:29:46Z")
It’s pretty well established that you can tack an ice-sailboat in a fashion that allows you to travel downwind at rates faster than the wind, but conventional thinking has it that you can’t exceed windspeed with your sai… --- ## [What do Madagascar, the Czech Republic, Kaduna State in Nigeria, and Louisiana have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-madagascar-the-czech-republic-kaduna-state-in-nigeria-and-louisiana-have-in-common/1028818)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-madagascar-the-czech-republic-kaduna-state-in-nigeria-and-louisiana-have-in-common/1028818 "2026-04-08T13:02:27Z")
Apparently, it is possible surgical castration for certain sex-related crimes: The Cutting Edge: Louisiana’s New Surgical Castration Law | Louisiana Law Review “Louisiana’s surgical castration law begins by asserting t… --- ## [Do you ever find your heart breaking over a, well, manufacturer's problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109 "2026-04-08T12:10:10Z")
This is about a food at the bottom, so I guess it belongs here, though it feels more like MPSIMS to me. A long-term friend’s daughter’s business is teetering on the edge. I’ve know her since she was 12. She’s always … --- ## ["Eggs Over Medium" - what do you expect to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038 "2026-04-08T11:59:04Z")
My wife and I are out for breakfast this morning. She ordered her eggs over medium, and had to send them back immediately because she could tell just by looking at them that they weren’t what she wanted. What do you ex… --- ## [17776 - a web story about AI, immortality, and football (spoilers after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087 "2026-04-08T07:03:35Z")
I was just turned onto this story from a Reddit post, because today, April 7, 2026, is the day that a pivotal event in its narrative takes place. It was published in installments in 2017 from the sports website SBNation … --- ## [Pencil-and-paper arithmetic: are kids still supposed to be able to do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-arithmetic-are-kids-still-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-it/1028688)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pencil-and-paper-arithmetic-are-kids-still-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-it/1028688 "2026-04-08T05:45:49Z")
Are US high-school graduates still supposed to know their times tables? How many do? If you gave 100 teenagers pencil and paper and asked them whether 29/67 was more or less than 16/37, how many of them could answer in … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=125)